Various market research firms have seen the digital writing on the wall. During the final quarter last year, and for the first time in consumer electronics history, more households in the United States said they planned to purchase a tablet than a regular laptop, slim and sleek ultrabook or pint-sized netbook computer, according to a survey conducted by Parks Associates.

Overall shipments of netbooks have been declining, sharply, in recent years. They fell to 21.2 million in 2011 then just 14.1 million last year. By 2015, netbooks are expected to be all but gone, or as IHS iSuppli's official projection states: "0".

From the article, "Tablets poisonous for netbooks market" by Neil Parmar.

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